The paper assesses the extent to which mortgage rates in Italy are priced according to credit risk as proxied by the probability of household mortgage delinquency estimated using the EU-Silc database. For reasons of data availability we restrict the analysis of mortgage pricing to Italian...

After the crisis, from 2008 to 2010 the share of indebted households decreased both owing to a reduction in loan demand and stricter supply conditions. The reduction regarded mortgages and involved low-income households and the self-employed. Recourse to consumer credit remained stable; it...

Since 2015 consumer loans have been rising fast in France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. Credit demand, specifically for consumer durables, has played a crucial role; the easing of supply conditions has been relevant only in Italy and Spain, which experienced stronger credit tightening during the...

Italian Abstract: Cinque anni di crisi hanno avuto conseguenze rilevanti sul mercato del credito alle famiglie. Dal 2008 al 2012 la quota di famiglie indebitate si è ridotta di 4 punti percentuali (al 23 per cento), di 12 punti tra quelle giovani ( 35 anni). Il calo ha riguardato il credito al...

Italian Abstract: Il lavoro analizza le tendenze del mercato del credito al consumo durante la crisi usando i dati, di fonte CRIF, relativi alle domande di prestiti personali e finalizzati e ai contratti stipulati tra il 2007 e il 2013 in Italia (55 e 37 milioni rispettivamente). L'analisi...